A Basler BT-67 veered off the left side of runway 26 during landing Monday at Río Grande-Gobernador Ramón Trejo Noel International Airport in Argentina. The aircraft was reportedly completing a training flight when it departed the runway during the landing roll at around midday. None of the aircraft’s occupants were injured. Photos of the excursion appear to show a collapsed landing gear and visible damage to the wings and propellers.

The aircraft, Basler conversion number 71, is a heavily modernized Douglas DC-3 airframe built in 1943 as a C-47A for the U.S. Army Air Forces. It later served with the Royal Air Force before entering civilian use with Canadian and U.S. airlines.

Argentinian company, Mirgor, took delivery of the BT-67 earlier this year in August following a 33-hour, 11,280-

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